Your personal image speaks volumes about you before you ever utter a word. What is yours saying about you? Watch as Laurie talks about finding an authentic image to match your message.

The video below is pretty funny…it cracks my wife and I up every time we see it!

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There is so much we can learn from watching the Olympics. A great example of that is Shaun White, the gold medal snowboarder.  I saw an interview with him and he talked about having a big fall at the X-games before coming to the Olympics where he missed his landing and crashed and cut his face. I saw a video of it and I can tell you that fall would have devastated me. Of course, I wouldn’t be doing 360 flips in the air on skis to start with.  My talents lie elsewhere <grin>. Anyway, he immediately went back up the hill and tried again.  Shaun said the reason he did that was because he knew that if he waited it would mess him up mentally and he would be thinking about the bad landing and the time when he fell.

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http://www.greatsmallbusinessadvice.com/: For a lot of small business owners, this is an overlooked factor that sells our products and services 10x better than we ever could. In this video, find out about the SP factor and how you can apply it. http://tinyurl.com/yjvsl5x

To achieve self-determination, here are ten self- affirming beliefs you can internalize and incorporate in your own life to help bolster your self-acceptance and self-trust. They came from Denis Waitley’s program The New Dynamics of Winning.

1. I control my thoughts, emotions and actions and direct them to improve the quality of my health, my relationships, my performance, and my life.
2. I am a good, valuable, and worthy person.
3. I am fully capable of achieving the goals that I set for myself today.
4. I trust my abilities and my judgment in taking risks that will test my limits, willing to live with the consequences and rewards of my decisions.
5. I am responsible for the values by which I live.

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I realize that we’re already past the season of goal setting but I can’t resist sharing a tip with you that I think you’ll value and appreciate.

Every year, I set three “stretch” goals. These are goals that I know I can reach BUT require that in some way I shift my paradigm. This is how I keep growing my soul along with my success.

My stretch goals typically include:

• How much money I want to celebrate having in the bank at the end of the year (this helps me think bigger and quickly gets me past any fear that might come up, such as the “who am I” syndrome)

• How much I want to grow my list (this gets me to stretch out of my comfort zone, pick up the phone and create new JV opportunities)

• One area of running my business that I want to master (this motivates me to streamline and delegate, eliminating any “I’m not doing enough” thoughts that might crowd my happiness)

You just got called to speak in front of your biggest audience yet … are you ready to run and hide because you don’t have a clue what you will wear? Watch as Laurie talks about finding your authentic style using her favorite style system Fashion Feng Shui®.

For many solopreneurs a large part of their business is working one-on-one with clients, and that means having a way of keeping all of their client information organized and easy to access.

In this article I’m going to share with you my top three tips for keeping everything together, so that you can easily access your client information and know exactly where your clients are in your programs.

1.  Physical: Create a Client Contact Sheet

For most business owners there will be a physical client file that you’ll need to create. One of the simplest ways of creating this file is by using a manila file folder in which you simply drop your paperwork into.  This file will contain things like the agreement form from your client, assessment forms, or details of any projects that you’ll be working on.

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The most successful entrepreneurs are always capable of getting clients, making money, and building their businesses. What qualities do most successful entrepreneurs have in common?

They have clear visions. If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re not going to get there.

They have faith in themselves. In the words of Henry Ford: “Whether You Think You Can or Can’t, You’re Right”.

They plan. All successful entrepreneurs need a plan. Plan your daily activities, your marketing strategies, and your short- and long-term business success.

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